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Tory planning chief permits towers with 15% affordable homes
The “Croydon Dildo” is no more. New plans for the long-vacant site at One Lansdowne Road – the hole in the ground off the Wellesley Road between Apollo House and the Jury’s Inn Hotel, where the YMCA building once stood … Continue reading
Posted in 101 George Street/Ten Degrees, Business, College Tower/Enclave, Croydon Council, Growth Zone, Housing, Jo Negrini, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Michael Neal, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Property
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Greystar, Jo Negrini, One Lansdowne, One Lansdowne Road, Tory, Wellesley Road
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Designs to replace ‘The Croydon Dildo’ set to be unveiled
The new owners of the development site at 1 Lansdowne Road are staging two public consultation sessions this week to outline their revised proposals. American-based Greystar bought the Lansdowne Road site earlier this year. They already have a notable presence … Continue reading
Posted in 101 George Street/Ten Degrees, Addiscombe West, Business, College Tower/Enclave, Fairfield, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Property
Tagged 1 Lansdowne, 101 George Street, Addiscombe East, College Road, Croydon, East Croydon, East Croydon station, Fairfield, George Street, Greystar, HTA Design, One Lansdowne, One Lansdowne Road, Ten Degrees
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Greystar looking at possible third tower twins for town centre
Plans for a £500million 69-storey residential tower at One Lansdowne Road have been dumped, as the original landowners have instead sold the site to the American developers behind the world’s tallest prefabs, the black towers near East Croydon Station. Guildhouse … Continue reading
Posted in 101 George Street/Ten Degrees, Business, College Tower/Enclave, Fairfield, Growth Zone, Housing, Jo Negrini, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Property
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, David Hudson, East Croydon station, Greystar, Guildhouse Rosepride, Jo Negrini, One Lansdowne, One Lansdowne Road
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Developer digs in to keep planning consent for £500m tower
After already suffering a decade of development blight in the town centre because of the on-off-on-off-again aborted Westfield scheme, now a key site off Wellesley Road is about to be turned into a hole in the ground for an indefinite … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Colm Lacey, Croydon BID, Croydon Council, Jo Negrini, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Property, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, David Hudson, Guildhouse Rosepride, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, London Borough of Croydon, One Lansdowne, One Lansdowne Road, Sean Fitzsimons, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Questions tower over council’s husband and wife planning act
Angry residents are seeking a full and independent investigation into the role played by a senior member of the council’s planning department in a £300million tower development that was granted planning permission in central Croydon – when the wife of … Continue reading
Council gags architecture experts on costly Place Review Panel
Croydon’s Place Review Panel has been gagged, just three months since the building design body was set up, at potentially considerable public expense. Once a month, six members of the panel of high-profile architects and designers, who include the celebrity … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Alison Butler, Brick by Brick, Centrale, Colm Lacey, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Jo Negrini, One Lansdowne Road, Paul Scott, Place Review Panel, Planning, Property, Queens Gardens, Taberner House, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Hammersfield, Hammerson, Jo Negrini, Labour, Paul Scott, Place Review Panel, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Lansdowne Road developer lunching out on Exchange Square
In case there was any lingering doubt about the corporatism which is taking over central Croydon, you might want to cough up nearly 70 notes for the “opportunity” to “enjoy” an “exclusive” lunch to hear a property speculator give “his … Continue reading
Town centre high rise towers are building up divisions
CROYDON COMMENTARY: East Croydon resident ROD DAVIES joins the debate about the over-development of the town centre, with a warning for the future If the Greater London Authority is correct that Croydon needs to provide 40,000-plus homes in the future, … Continue reading
Homes worth living in need to provide space to breathe
CROYDON COMMENTARY: If the thousands of new homes planned for the town centre lack meaningful green space, we risk creating the favelas of the future, warns LEWIS WHITE It is worth thinking about who actually buys flats. I am basically … Continue reading
TfL’s loopy scheme will strangle town centre to a stand-still
CROYDON COMMENTARY: Multi-million pound proposals for the trams in the town centre could see the Croydon road network being gridlocked, says bus passenger VALERIE HUNTER According to Transport for London, the improvements – new platforms and more frequent services – … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Addiscombe West, Business, Commuting, Croydon Central, Croydon Council, Cycling, East Croydon, Environment, Fairfield, New Addington, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Ruskin Square, Tramlink, Transport, West Croydon
Tagged Croydon Council, East Croydon station, Hammersfield, Hammerson, TfL, Transport for London, Wellesley Road, West Croydon, Westfield
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China syndrome in Croydon with Lansdowne Road deal
Given the alacrity with which Gideon and Call Me Dave are flogging off national interests on the cheap to China, it was a wonder that as they departed the banqueting hall at Buck House this week – where they had … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Business, Croydon Central, Environment, Fairfield, Housing, One Lansdowne Road, Planning, Property, Whitgift Centre
Tagged Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, One Lansdowne Road
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